November 22, 2021

ENR

Check out the November 22, 2021 edition of ENR, featuring the 2022 Forecast, Fourth Quarterly Tech Focus, news and more!

2022 Forecast: Industry on Slow Path to Recovery

Alisa Zevin

Debra K. Rubin

November 18, 2021

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As the world continues its widespread vaccination effort, COVID-19 restrictions ease somewhat and the $1-trillion U.S. infrastructure spending package moves forward, forecasters express cautious optimism about the year to come.

Industry Leads for the Week of November 22, 2021

November 18, 2021

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Project news from industrial reports

Pulse: Project News for the Week of November 22, 2021

November 18, 2021

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Project news from Dodge Data & Analytics.

Cupix Adds Work Progress Tracking to Its Digital Twin Platform

Jeff Rubenstone

November 17, 2021

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As more images and reality captures come in from jobsites, the work of blending that data with existing digital twins can be onerous.

Remote Operation Coming to More Caterpillar Equipment

Jeff Rubenstone

November 17, 2021

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The risks posed to heavy equipment operators in certain situations can often limit the type of work they can perform.

Agile Telepresence Robot Offers a Different Spin on Remote Meetings

Jeff Rubenstone

November 17, 2021

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When the pandemic made long-distance business travel difficult or impossible in 2020, many turned to the remote collaboration tools that were available. Video conferencing replaced business meetings.

Clean Energy Construction

Giant Virginia Offshore Wind Project Makes Five Key Construction Awards

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

November 11, 2021

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Dominion Energy says project cost rose $2B to nearly $10B, citing commodity price hikes and power transmission route changes, but ratepayer impact stays within approved range.

Research and Development

AISC Sets Sights on Slashing Delivery Time for Steel Structures

SpeedCore leads the way in the group's ambitious Need for Speed campaign

Nadine M. Post

November 12, 2021

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SpeedCore leads the way in the American Institute of Steel Construction's Need for Speed campaign, which also includes SpeedFloor, SpeedConnection and speedier simple bridges.

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Delay Close of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant, MIT-Stanford Study Says

Mary B. Powers

November 18, 2021

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Keeping Calif. facility open until 2035 would cut state carbon emissions and save $2.6 billion in power costs, researchers say.

Energy Transition

Alberta Seeks New Carbon Capture Approaches

Scott Van Voorhis

November 18, 2021

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With big rise set in Canada’s carbon tax, oil and gas firms are responding to government request for proposals to build larger CCS and green energy projects.

Foundation Repairs

Fix for Settling Millennium Tower's Troubled Pile Upgrade Inches Ahead

Pilot pile tests new installation methods after repair itself caused accelerated settlement

Nadine M. Post

November 16, 2021

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By installing a pilot pile for the settling Millennium Tower's troubled foundation repair, Shimmick Construction hopes to prove the efficacy of revised construction methods so that work can continue without triggering accelerated building settlement.

Infrastructure Act Focus Shifts to Rolling Out the Funds

First of the new package’s dollars out the door are expected to be highway, EPA water funds distributed by formulas

November 18, 2021

With President Joe Biden’s Nov. 15 signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, federal agencies are stepping up plans to implement the landmark package, estimated at $1 trillion over five years.

Natural Gas Projects

Court Pushes FERC to Reassess Its 2020 Signoff of $10B Jordan Cove LNG

Mary B. Powers

November 9, 2021

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Agency Canada-owned natural gas export project now is paused, with more risk faced from lack of permits and energy market shifts

Quarterly Tech Focus

Q4 Tech Report: Moving On to the Next Normal

The pandemic forced adoption of new technologies, but what's really changed?

Jeff Rubenstone

November 17, 2021

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At this point, well into the era of working with COVID-19, questions over remote work, remote collaboration and better awareness of the workforce on construction jobsites can seem like settled issues.

Another Jobsite Hazard Lurks: Bullying and Intimidation in Construction

Emell D. Adolphus

November 18, 2021

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In COVID-19's early stages, construction firms counted on field crews to become virologists virtually overnight to keep jobsites open. If companies can change overnight to stamp out the virus, why can’t they do the same for racism and other forms of bias?